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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-53290D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval coin, a silver sixpence, probably of William III, and dating from 1695-1701.
It has been bent into an S shape and both sides have been rubbed quite smooth (presumably repurposed as a love token or luck piece) but the letters LM, presumably of GVLIELMVS, can be discerned, also the hair is just visible at the obverse margin and is distinctively that of William.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1695
Date to: Circa AD 1701
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.39 g
Diameter: 20.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th July 2020 - Thursday 30th July 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: William III of England
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: William III (S 3520 - 3548)
Obverse description: Bust facing right
Obverse inscription: GVGLIE[LM]VS [*******]
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: North West Leicestershire (District)
To be known as: Ibstock
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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